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+package mining;
+
+import provider.ExceptionListener;
+import provider.ResultListener;
+
+/**
+ * An interface that defines the searching for tweets of a given user.
+ *
+ * @author Maurice Laveaux
+ */
+public interface Search {
+    
+    /**
+     * Search for all history (up to 3200) tweets for a specific user.
+     * 
+     * @param screenName The profile to search tweets from.
+     * @param numberOfTweets The maximum amount of tweets to search.
+     */
+    public void search(String screenName, int numberOfTweets);
+    
+    /**
+     * Closes the threads for searching and saves a tempfile.
+     */
+    public void close();
+    
+    /**
+     * Save the current work queue to a specific file.
+     * 
+     * @param filename The filename to save to.
+     */
+    public void save(String filename);
+    
+    /**
+     * Load the work queue of a specific file.
+     * 
+     * @param filename The filename to load from.
+     */
+    public void load(String filename);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param listener The listener for resulting tweets.
+     */
+    public void setResultListener(ResultListener listener);    
+    
+    /**
+     * @param listener The listener for exceptions.
+     */
+    public void setExceptionListener(ExceptionListener listener);
+}